Do I have FireWire 400 or 800?

[SLine]

Hi Everybody -

I'm new to the Mac world. How do I tell if my MacBook Pro has FireWire 400 or 800? My MacBook has 120GB disk and 2GB memory, 15" screen if that gives an indication of how old it is.

I'm going to buy an external drive for a backup. I'll probably use SuperDuper! so I can boot from the backup.

Thank you,
Steve

 

[PlaceofDis]

go to applicaions > utilites > system profiler

go down to FireWire under the Hardware heading and it will tell you.

 

[mrwizardno2]

Check out the apple site . Here's a pic I nabbed off there. If it looks like the one in the image, you have FW 800

 

[jeremy.king]

Just look at the ports

^^^^^

What he said.

 

[SLine]

Thanks!

Thanks a lot. Helpful and quick!

I have FireWire 400 then. I was thinking you could plug FW800 into a FW400 port and therefore wasn't sure I could tell by looking at the port.

 

[jeremy.king]

Thanks a lot. Helpful and quick!

I have FireWire 400 then. I was thinking you could plug FW800 into a FW400 port and therefore wasn't sure I could tell by looking at the port.

You can, you just need an 800 to 400 cable.

Such as this one http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...d=10301&cs_id=1030105&p_id=331&seq=1&format=2